By Amy Widner Jan. 7, 2019 | Hailey Dougherty, 17, remembers crying from constant pain she was too young to even understand. She didn’t know it yet, but blood vessels were growing out of control and pressing against her 8-year-old brain. “She would just cry from the time she got up until the time she went […]

Dr. Brendan C. Stack Jr., a Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was an invited lecturer and panelist at the Harvard Medical School continuing medical education course, “Surgery for the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands,” the preeminent international course in the field, in Boston earlier this month. He presented “A Review of the AHNS/BAETS Revision Parathyroid […]

Congratulations to Brendan Stack, Jr, M.D., FACS, FACE, and Mauricio Moreno, M.D.,  on the publication of their new book, Neck Dissection. The book debuted last week at the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery annual meeting and OTO Expo in Atlanta, Georgia.

Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Osseointegrated Dental Implant Prosthetics Initial Contact A 67-year-old male patient had been treated with radiation and chemotherapy 15 years previously for a squamous cell carcinoma at the base of his tongue. He presented at UAMS in October 2015 with swelling in his right jaw and was diagnosed with radiation-induced sarcoma. Mauricio Moreno, […]

The UAMS Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery will be well represented at the specialty’s upcoming national meeting, with nine faculty and four residents presenting on a range of topics. The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery is hosting its Annual Meeting and OTO Experience from Oct. 7-10 in Atlanta, […]

Alissa Kanaan, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, has been appointed to a three-year term on the International Liaison Committee of the American Rhinologic Society (ARS). The committee advocates for international members and those interested in international affairs, advises the ARS Board of Directors and staff on […]

The UAMS Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery will be the spotlight host for the 22nd annual Family Medicine Update and will offer a half-day of continuing education on a full range of ENT topics. The conference will be held Oct. 25-27 at the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on the […]

Physicians must be actively involved in the business of medicine to provide better patient care, said Brian J. McKinnon, M.D., MBA, M.P.H., as he gave the inaugural Sharon and Dr. Ted Bailey Distinguished Lectureship in Otology at UAMS. McKinnon, a national expert in cochlear implants and the business of medicine, said physicians need to recognize […]

Austin DeHart, M.D., is the department’s pediatric otolaryngology fellow, based at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. DeHart earned her medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she also completed her residency. She has presented several posters on a variety of topics, including tinnitus, cochlear implantation, ENT repairs, tumors and pediatric cases. She has volunteered with a medical […]

Graham Strub, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the UAMS Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery as a pediatric otolaryngologist with a special interest in head and neck masses, cochlear implantation and vascular anomalies. Strub is an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine. The bulk of his clinical work takes place at Arkansas […]